Nickname
Hospital Nest
Coordinates
(38.6423, -75.6053)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
Across from Nanticoke Memorial Hospital's entrance, on Middleford Road.
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2023 - francie2022 - francie2021 - francie2020 - francie
aAdult Arrival3/1/237/22/033/12/213/2/20
aOccupiedYesYesYesYes
aActive
bEgg Laying5/22/21
bIncubation Initiation4/2/234/8/21
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings1
eFledglings22
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed6/27/237/2/22
xNest Failure7/18/21
xReason For Nest Failureadult abandonment

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020

Activity reports

2020 Nest Activity Report by francie
Adult arrival03/02/2020Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by francie
Adult arrival03/12/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying05/22/2021Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/08/2021Nest failure07/18/2021
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureadult abandonment
2022 Nest Activity Report by francie
Adult arrival07/22/0003Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed07/02/2022
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by francie
Adult arrival03/01/2023Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed06/27/2023
Incubation initiation04/02/2023Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

05/21/2023 by francie
May 16, 2023....we noticed the female on the side of the nest. Hoping for another good year for this couple. They had 3 fledglings in 2022.

01/28/2023 by francie
This nest has been torn down or blew down over the last few months. It is a platform, so we assume the pair will rebuild when they arrive.

07/07/2022 by francie
These 2 chicks appear to have fledged in the last few days!

06/06/2022 by francie
We have seen 2 chicks!!

04/15/2022 by francie
One osprey sitting on the nearby pole, eating. Hopefully, that means the other is incubating.

04/09/2022 by francie
Unless she is hunkered down and incubating, we have not seen this pair the last few drive-bys. Hoping we're just not catching them at the right time.

03/25/2022 by francie
Another early start! Both osprey have been here since March 7. They had built a second nest near the platform nest, last year, but it was either removed or blown down at the end of the season.

09/11/2021 by francie
This pair had built a new nest, earlier in the season, on a pole just yards away from the failed nest. I was afraid someone would tear it down over the winter, but it's already been torn down, sadly. Evidently, someone is hoping they'll return to the regular nest come 2022.

08/06/2021 by francie
There was an osprey sitting by the "new" nest yesterday. I fear that since this new. late nest was built on a pole, it will be destroyed over the winter.

07/18/2021 by francie
No activity for awhile now.

06/25/2021 by francie
Yesterday, there was an osprey sitting on the "new" nest they built on the nearby pole. Makes us wonder what happened with the platform nest since it is only a few yards from the new nest.

06/12/2021 by francie
No one at this nest today and it looks like a new nest is or was being built on a nearby telephone/light pole. Not sure what happened here.

06/06/2021 by francie
We saw one osprey on the nearby pole that they seem to like, a few days ago. It was eating. Nothing was in the nest that we could see. Today, nothing on the pole and nothing on the nest, as far as we could see. Not sure what is going on here yet.

05/22/2021 by francie
Sitting up a bit more on the nest, rather than hunkered down in the nest.

04/08/2021 by francie
Only seeing the head of this female right now.

06/17/2020 by francie
We have seen one chick a time or two, so far, and the parents are still there, as well.

03/21/2020 by francie
Two ospreys in the nest today!!

03/16/2020 by francie
Still only seeing the female, sitting on a nearby telephone pole. Her mate doesn't seem to have shown up as yet.

03/02/2020 by francie
This was a new and successful nest last season, producing one chick. Today, there was an adult female sitting on a telephone pole next to the nest.